Gary Russell
@twilightstreets.bsky.social
Writes/edits books ([email protected]) & occasionally scripts (http://jflagency.com/?p=4039). Ex-Kirrin/Dark/carpet flyer. Terrified of cows and spiders and alarmingly allergic to onion (restaurant eating is fun!)🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴✊🏾
I once spent an afternoon with Esther Rantzen doing PR with her at the Beeb back in 1991. She was utterly, utterly wonderful. RIP
September 30, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I once spent an afternoon with Esther Rantzen doing PR with her at the Beeb back in 1991. She was utterly, utterly wonderful. RIP
V v v excited to get right into this!
September 22, 2026 at 3:26 PM
V v v excited to get right into this!
Arthur of the Britons; King of the Castle; Into the Labyrinth; The Clifton House Mystery; The Georgian House; Follow Me; The Doombolt Chase; Robin of Sherwood; Sky and Children of the Stones. All bore the name of Patrick Dromgoole, a visionary producer who passed away last week. Such sad news.
September 17, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Arthur of the Britons; King of the Castle; Into the Labyrinth; The Clifton House Mystery; The Georgian House; Follow Me; The Doombolt Chase; Robin of Sherwood; Sky and Children of the Stones. All bore the name of Patrick Dromgoole, a visionary producer who passed away last week. Such sad news.
This looks fun, as always. I’ll be there too (but don't let that put you off)
The final line up for Arcadia 2026.
Our Doctor Who event taking place at The Temple of Peace, Cardiff on 10th October.
Tickets include:
1 autograph from every guest.
Tea or Coffee.
Buffet lunch.
Interview panels.
Professional photoshoots (extra cost)
www.cygnusalpha.org/arcadia
Our Doctor Who event taking place at The Temple of Peace, Cardiff on 10th October.
Tickets include:
1 autograph from every guest.
Tea or Coffee.
Buffet lunch.
Interview panels.
Professional photoshoots (extra cost)
www.cygnusalpha.org/arcadia
September 16, 2026 at 8:14 AM
This looks fun, as always. I’ll be there too (but don't let that put you off)
10 years ago today I left Australia after three years working with a phenomenal team of animators, artists, writers and creatives where we produced a full 26-part kids science-fiction series for the ABC - and a decade on it’s finally available in the UK and North America for free via Amazon Prime!
September 9, 2026 at 10:52 AM
10 years ago today I left Australia after three years working with a phenomenal team of animators, artists, writers and creatives where we produced a full 26-part kids science-fiction series for the ABC - and a decade on it’s finally available in the UK and North America for free via Amazon Prime!
This is an amazing work finally getting the hardcover release it richly deserves
Out now: SCREEN PRINTED, the definitive guide to the exciting adventures based on the popular BBC television serial. 199 titles, 1,100 editions, 800 cover images. Fully revised listings and details of the Doctor Who novelisations from Target and beyond. More at www.wonderfulbook.co.uk/screenprinted
September 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM
This is an amazing work finally getting the hardcover release it richly deserves
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'Myth and Magic - A Century of Fantasy Cinema'
My new exhibition opens at Exeter Picturehouse on 21 September for six weeks. If you're in the area, do come along. Admission free! 22 original paintings by me, celebrating the mythical monsters and legendary heroes of the silver screen.
Please share!
My new exhibition opens at Exeter Picturehouse on 21 September for six weeks. If you're in the area, do come along. Admission free! 22 original paintings by me, celebrating the mythical monsters and legendary heroes of the silver screen.
Please share!
August 27, 2026 at 6:09 PM
'Myth and Magic - A Century of Fantasy Cinema'
My new exhibition opens at Exeter Picturehouse on 21 September for six weeks. If you're in the area, do come along. Admission free! 22 original paintings by me, celebrating the mythical monsters and legendary heroes of the silver screen.
Please share!
My new exhibition opens at Exeter Picturehouse on 21 September for six weeks. If you're in the area, do come along. Admission free! 22 original paintings by me, celebrating the mythical monsters and legendary heroes of the silver screen.
Please share!
Oh that’s desperately sad about Phyllida Law. Wonderful actress and writer and in an alternative universe, would actually have been cast as Lola McGovern, the first human companion in Doctor Who …
August 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Oh that’s desperately sad about Phyllida Law. Wonderful actress and writer and in an alternative universe, would actually have been cast as Lola McGovern, the first human companion in Doctor Who …
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seeing people complaining how dry and dusty this summer has been and the festivsls they frequent are - the same people who are flagrantly using AI in their day-to-day life - is a case-study in irony even alanis morissette would consider too on the nose
August 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
seeing people complaining how dry and dusty this summer has been and the festivsls they frequent are - the same people who are flagrantly using AI in their day-to-day life - is a case-study in irony even alanis morissette would consider too on the nose
So very sad to see that William Orbit has left us. His name crops up as a remixer and/or producer more than almost anyone else in my EDM collection. And of course his version of Samuel Barber’s Adagio will forever be a crossover masterpiece
August 7, 2026 at 3:22 PM
So very sad to see that William Orbit has left us. His name crops up as a remixer and/or producer more than almost anyone else in my EDM collection. And of course his version of Samuel Barber’s Adagio will forever be a crossover masterpiece
Little something I’ve worked on for Roundel Books:
Our latest Kickstarter campaign ADVENTURES ON BANNERMAN ROAD goes live this Friday at midday. A very special treat for fans of the Sarah Jane Adventures for the 20th anniversary.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/room5064/adventures-on-bannerman-road
Our latest Kickstarter campaign ADVENTURES ON BANNERMAN ROAD goes live this Friday at midday. A very special treat for fans of the Sarah Jane Adventures for the 20th anniversary.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/room5064/adventures-on-bannerman-road
Coming soon: Adventures on Bannerman Road
A 20th anniversary celebration of The Sarah Jane Adventures, featuring hundreds of previously unseen behind the scenes photos!
www.kickstarter.com
August 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Little something I’ve worked on for Roundel Books:
Our latest Kickstarter campaign ADVENTURES ON BANNERMAN ROAD goes live this Friday at midday. A very special treat for fans of the Sarah Jane Adventures for the 20th anniversary.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/room5064/adventures-on-bannerman-road
Our latest Kickstarter campaign ADVENTURES ON BANNERMAN ROAD goes live this Friday at midday. A very special treat for fans of the Sarah Jane Adventures for the 20th anniversary.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/room5064/adventures-on-bannerman-road
Aww Bill Oddie. He was so lovely when he came to Big Finish to do Doctor Who and the Pirates. He’ll be missed. RIP Bill
July 27, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Aww Bill Oddie. He was so lovely when he came to Big Finish to do Doctor Who and the Pirates. He’ll be missed. RIP Bill
Oh Sam Neill. That’s very sad. What an astonishingly great actor he was. RIP
July 13, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Oh Sam Neill. That’s very sad. What an astonishingly great actor he was. RIP
That’s Faster Than the Speed of Light accompanying today’s work then. Oh Bonnie T, so sad. RIP
July 9, 2026 at 9:16 AM
That’s Faster Than the Speed of Light accompanying today’s work then. Oh Bonnie T, so sad. RIP
I just realised I joined BBC Wales to work on Doctor who and Torchwood (SJA didnt exist at that point) twenty years and three weeks ago as of monday just gone - 12/06/06. It’s also over 15 years since I quit (but still in Cardiff cos it’s the best city in the universe). God I feel old.
July 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I just realised I joined BBC Wales to work on Doctor who and Torchwood (SJA didnt exist at that point) twenty years and three weeks ago as of monday just gone - 12/06/06. It’s also over 15 years since I quit (but still in Cardiff cos it’s the best city in the universe). God I feel old.
Awww Penelope Keith. That’s very sad.
June 29, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Awww Penelope Keith. That’s very sad.
So very proud of this and everyone who made it happen. Season Two available to download now!
OUT NOW! ⛅ The Sky is the limit. Click https://bgfn.sh/sky2 to download Into the Chaos, the concluding volume of full-cast audio drama, starring Cloud Quinn and Edwin Flay.
June 9, 2026 at 8:34 AM
So very proud of this and everyone who made it happen. Season Two available to download now!
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In an interview with Gary Russell and Will Brooks of Roundel, alongside artist Adrian Salmon, Matt Badham gets a glimpse behind the curtain at Roundel Books with a particular focus on the new book, "The Time Team Unearthed".
Rounding Up the Roundel Books creators!
Matt Badham chats with Gary Russell and Adrian Salmon about the latest Roundel Books project
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June 6, 2026 at 10:14 AM
In an interview with Gary Russell and Will Brooks of Roundel, alongside artist Adrian Salmon, Matt Badham gets a glimpse behind the curtain at Roundel Books with a particular focus on the new book, "The Time Team Unearthed".
Oh lovely Anthony Head. Had the pleasure of directing him twice – on Big Finish's Doctor Who Excelis trilogy episodes where he played various versions of Lord Grayvorn, then later, on The Infinite Quest, where he played our villain Baltazar. What a gentleman, what an actor and what a sad loss. RIP.
June 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Oh lovely Anthony Head. Had the pleasure of directing him twice – on Big Finish's Doctor Who Excelis trilogy episodes where he played various versions of Lord Grayvorn, then later, on The Infinite Quest, where he played our villain Baltazar. What a gentleman, what an actor and what a sad loss. RIP.
Michael Keating. What an actor and what a man. It was my great pleasure to direct him more than once on audio for Big Finish. One of the funniest, smartest and most charming and self-deprecating of people. He will be so very missed. RIP lovely man
May 21, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Michael Keating. What an actor and what a man. It was my great pleasure to direct him more than once on audio for Big Finish. One of the funniest, smartest and most charming and self-deprecating of people. He will be so very missed. RIP lovely man
New friends have come to play … aren’t they gorgeous!
May 16, 2026 at 6:29 PM
New friends have come to play … aren’t they gorgeous!
20 years ago this past week I made my first visit to BBC Wales, to start work on Doctor Who The Inside Story. A couple of months later, I was actually offered a job on the show, moved here full time and 20 years on, I’m still living in Cardiff and still loving the city.
March 29, 2026 at 7:41 PM
20 years ago this past week I made my first visit to BBC Wales, to start work on Doctor Who The Inside Story. A couple of months later, I was actually offered a job on the show, moved here full time and 20 years on, I’m still living in Cardiff and still loving the city.
Currently doing a Buffy rewatch with @clemer97.bsky.social and @colonelmatt.bsky.social. Xander was such a flawed but utterly real character, imbued with so much charm by Nicholas Brendan for a role that in less capable hands, could have been unlikeable and an arse. RIP Nicholas, such a tragedy.
March 21, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Currently doing a Buffy rewatch with @clemer97.bsky.social and @colonelmatt.bsky.social. Xander was such a flawed but utterly real character, imbued with so much charm by Nicholas Brendan for a role that in less capable hands, could have been unlikeable and an arse. RIP Nicholas, such a tragedy.
Awww, have always been a fan of The IPCRESS File and its four sequels, and the Game, Set, Match and the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogies. Len Deighton will be missed. RIP
March 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Awww, have always been a fan of The IPCRESS File and its four sequels, and the Game, Set, Match and the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogies. Len Deighton will be missed. RIP